TC3: Telecom Council Carrier Connections Sept. 12-13

Join us for this 2-day Summit - the premier telecom innovation event of the year - which highlights the relationship between the companies building communication networks, with the people and ideas that are creating it.

Participants will review 40+ new innovations, award 8 outstanding new startups, connect with 300+ contributing executives, and hear directly from 15 global carriers, how their innovation programs work.

CARRIERS IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Get your hands on innovation roadmaps from over 15 global carriers.
Carriers around the world bring attention to their focused areas of development – to market their innovation activities throughout the ecosystem, to attract the entrepreneurs and developers they need, and to promote innovation inside and outside their labs. For nimble companies, this is an ideal venue to learn the carrier’s roadmaps, innovation needs, gap analysis, and where you can fit your company into their plans in order to facilitate faster dealmaking.

STARTUP PITCHES: Review and share new innovations built to improve our networks.
20 startups will present investment opportunities to telecom investors - from carriers and vendors to angels and venture capitalists - who make financial investments, invest time and/or resources in a company or its products and services.

INNOVATION DISCUSSIONS: Join innovation discussions with the telecom executives you need to influence your business.
The Telecom Council is well aware of the challenges in working with carriers or any large company. It's not easy...but our goal is to make it easier. We recommend that every path to market be considered and explored, with no religious fervor. We welcome you to our afternoon executive discussions to find ways to bridge the gap and to build relationships with the ecosystem.

SPIFFY AWARDS 2012: Recognize the accomplishments of your peers as telecom innovation takes center stage.
The SPIFFY Awards is an annual ceremony that recognizes the best telecom startups from the year prior. In 2011, our Service Provider Forum, SPiF, and the wider Telecom Council, reviewed over 200 young telecom companies. By simply being invited to SPiF, startups are already filtered as young companies that have the ideas, relevance, and traction that most appeal to communication service providers from around the globe. At the SPIFFYs, we honor the best of the best. Award categories include innovation, creativity, emergent entrepreneurship and competitive excellence.

Last year alone, The Telecom Council connected over 1,000 executives from 500 telecom companies and 25 fixed and wireless carriers across 40 meeting topics. TC3 is the Council's Annual Summit which has been drawing executives for 5 years from around the globe who are charged with discovering and delivering the innovation to build tomorrow's telecom solutions.

Click the video on the right, for 3 minutes with a few of our previous presenters, demonstrators and attendees.

Past years have proven a very senior audience from across the ecosystem (from fixed and wireless to content, apps, and infrastructure) where the speakers are responsible for the innovation strategies and activities of their respective carriers. The operator representatives who manage innovation - from developer programs and labs facilities to venture investing, will be available to answer our questions:

What innovations are operators looking for?
How does a young company work with a large operator?
What kind of partnerships do carriers prefer?
Who are the right people inside the carriers to properly receive, handle, and implement new ideas?
What developer and partner programs are available?

As we answer the questions above, this summit will help you refine your path to market, make the connections that can accelerate your business, facilitate that interaction, and grow your long term network.